Evaluation of novel recombinant antigen-based (NIE/SsIR) immunochromatographic rapid tests for Strongyloides stercoralis: an accuracy study.

Background: Strongyloidiasis is a chronic parasitic disease that results in relevant human morbidity, caused by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. This nematode has a unique and complex life-cycle. There is so far no perfect test for this helminthiasis.

Description and Outcomes of an Ultrasound-Guided Technique for Catheter Placement in the Canine Quadratus Lumborum Plane: A Cadaveric Tomographic Study and Clinical Case Series.

This study aimed to describe an ultrasound-guided technique for implanting catheters for local anesthetic administration into the quadratus lumborum (QL) inter-fascial plane in canine cadavers and assessing the spread along the vertebral bodies (VBs) by computed tomography (CT). Phase 1: eight canine cadavers received one catheter per hemiabdomen, followed by injection of contrast media solution [low volume (L) 0.3 mL kg or high volume (H) 0.

Perioperative analgesic efficacy of lumbar erector spinae plane block in dogs undergoing hemilaminectomy: a randomized blinded clinical trial.

Objective: To evaluate the perioperative analgesic effect of the unilateral lumbar erector spinae plane block (ESPB) in dogs undergoing hemilaminectomy.

Study Design: Randomized, blinded clinical study.

Animals: A total of 30 client-owned dogs undergoing thoracolumbar or lumbar hemilaminectomy for intervertebral disc extrusion (IVDE).

Confirmed Autochthonous Case of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Italy, 2023.

In September 2023, a patient in Italy who had never traveled abroad was referred for testing for suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis. Lesions were incompatible with cystic echinococcosis; instead, autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis was confirmed. Alveolar echinococcosis can be fatal, and awareness must be raised of the infection's expanding distribution.